perspective

/pərˈspɛktɪv/
noun
  1. A particular way of thinking about or looking at something, influenced by your experiences or beliefs.
    • From my perspective, the new policy will help small businesses.
    • The teacher asked us to write about the war from a soldier's perspective.
    • Traveling to different countries can change your perspective on life.
  2. The ability to see things in their true relationship to each other, especially what is important and what is not.
    • A walk in the woods helped her regain her perspective after a stressful week.
    • Losing his job gave him some perspective on what really matters.
    • Try to keep perspective — it's only one bad grade, not the end of the world.
  3. A method of drawing or painting that makes objects look solid and shows distance and depth.
    • The drawing lacked perspective, so the buildings looked flat.
    • Learning about perspective is essential for realistic landscape painting.
    • The artist used linear perspective to make the road seem to disappear into the distance.
  4. A view of a large area from a particular place, especially from above.
    • From the top of the tower, you get a wonderful perspective of the entire city.
    • The balcony gave us a bird's-eye perspective of the parade below.
    • The photograph offers a unique perspective of the valley from the mountain peak.
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